Today, we're pleased to present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Janus Publishing …

Withholding Evidence by Rachel Grant

The Evidence Series (3rd in series)

Publisher: Janus Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 09/30/2016 at 8:00 PM ET).

Some secrets are worth dying for …

Military historian Trina Sorensen has a nearly impossible task before her: get recalcitrant but tempting former Navy SEAL Keith Hatcher to reveal what happened during a top secret Somalia op five years ago. Recent history isn't usually her forte, but the navy wants an historian's perspective and has given her the high security clearance to get the job done.

Keith isn't just refusing to tell Trina about the op, he's protecting a national secret that could destroy the lives of those he cares about the most. But not wanting to talk about a covert mission doesn't mean he isn't interested in spending time with the sexy historian, and the first time they kiss it's explosive.

When the past comes pounding on Keith's door, he'll do anything to keep Trina safe … Anything, that is, except tell her the secret that could get them both killed.

Today, we're pleased to present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Zondervan …

If I Run by Terri Blackstock

The If I Run Series (1st in series)

Publisher: Zondervan

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/30/2016 at 7:00 PM ET).

Casey knows the truth. But it won't set her free …

Casey Cox's DNA is all over the crime scene. There's no use talking to police; they've failed her abysmally before. She has to flee before she's arrested … or worse. The truth doesn't matter anymore.

But what is the truth? That's the question haunting Dylan Roberts, the war-weary veteran hired to find Casey. PTSD has marked him damaged goods, but bringing Casey back can redeem him. Though the crime scene seems to tell the whole story, details of the murder aren't adding up.

Casey Cox doesn't fit the profile of a killer. But are Dylan's skewed perceptions keeping him from being objective? If she isn't guilty, why did she run?

Unraveling her past and the evidence that condemns her will take more time than he has, but as Dylan's damaged soul intersects with hers, he is faced with two choices: the girl who occupies his every thought is a psychopathic killer … or a selfless hero. And the truth could be the most deadly weapon yet.

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The Rimley Rendezvous was the kind of back-street bistro where a tired businessman could drop in for a pick-up, no questions asked. Deep carpets and subdued lights gave the place an air of clandestine class. And solicitous waiters catered to the customer's every whim. All these comforts added up to a steep cover charge, especially since blackmail figured as the major part of the tab. It was a very lucrative business … until a murderer cut into the profits … and left his ax in Donald Lam's car.

The team of Cool and Lam are at their fast-talking, fast-moving best in this tough tale of suicide, blackmail and murder.

— Give 'em the Ax by Erle Stanley Gardner

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Omnimystery News is pleased to present a mystery, suspense, or thriller ebook that we recently found by sleuthing (as it were) through new or recently reissued titles from independent publishers during September 2016 and priced $5.99 or less.

See also the highly reviewed first book in this series, Dividing Zero, for $5.99 on Kindle.

Would you believe a serial killer?

Calliope "Cali" Minter has been missing for several years, and is presumed dead, killed by Cain, the mysterious and vicious serial killer terrorizing New York.

Her family haven't given up hope however, and hire Meghan and Beth Petersen to search for Cali. The case is old, the trial is cold and the twins are ready to give up when a man is murdered in broad daylight, in front of Meghan. In his hand is a photograph, Cali's.

Before they know it, the twins are sucked into a investigation that has more dead ends than clues, more dead bodies, than answers, and more gangsters than witnesses. Helping them is Zeb Carter, their friend, and the most lethal man they know.

Even Zeb may not be enough as their investigation takes them across the country and beyond, to deep rooted conspiracies and killers the likes of whom they have never encountered before.

The search for a missing woman just might turn into a dead end. A dead ending for the three of them.

— Defending Cain by Ty Patterson

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Today, we're pleased to present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the author …

These Haunts Are Made For Walking by Rose Pressey

A Haunted Tour Guide Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Rose Pressey

Price: 99¢ (as of 09/30/2016 at 5:00 PM ET).

If ever a whole town could be haunted, Devil's Moon, Kentucky would be that town. Ripley Van Raden, or Rip as her friends call her, has come back to her hometown to start her own ghost tour business. That's not her only career path though. Librarian by day, and ghost tour guide by night, Rip is ready to take on the ghosts following her around and the mysterious residents who show up for more than the tour in the Devil's Moon Cemetery.

Her first day on the job as librarian, Ripley finds a dead body and a ghost who can only communicate through electronics. Who knew ghosts could send text messages? To make things even more complicated, Ripley meets a hot cop who happens to also be a ghost hunter. She doesn't know if Brannon Landon is interested in helping her or just around for the paranormal activity.

When Rip discovers threatening notes between the pages of a novel, she must solve the library patron's mysterious death before she unwillingly joins the other side of her haunted tour.

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When Heather Shepherd is hired to help Hillside P.D. solve the mystery of a murdered ballet dancer, she's nervous.

Those nerves intensify when realizes that the potential suspects are many, and the evidence is few. Throw in a few skeptical police officers, and the cream is about ready to boil over. Equipped with her desire to make things right, her bestie's supportive jibes and the inside information from her husband, Ryan, Heather determines to solve the case. She's got to balance her grand opening — Donut Delights is packed with the good townsfolk of Hillside and her newest creation, Banana Coconut Donuts — the case and the impending house inspection in preparation for the newest, potential family member.

Heather must figure it out before the killer gets away, or she'll risk losing the respect of the officers on the case and her consulting gig with the Police Department.

— Banana Coconut Murder by Susan Gillard

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Today, we're pleased to present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Pocket Books …

Pasta Imperfect by Maddy Hunter

A Passport to Peril Mystery

Publisher: Pocket Books

Price: $3.99 (as of 09/30/2016 at 4:00 PM ET).

It was an offer she couldn't refuse …

The discount travel package to Italy seemed like a great deal: Emily Andrew could lead her globe-trotting Iowans on the trip of a lifetime and bring her family to boot. Maybe she should have read the fine print … .Sharing their itinerary with a group of hyper-competitive aspiring romance writers is just a prelude to more Machiavellian drama than an Italian opera.

First, their hotel burns to the ground. Then, when Emily's lost luggage turns up found, the disgruntled literary ladies raid her clothing supply like she's a one-woman Gucci outlet. But the real killer is a contest sponsored by a publishing house — and the depths to which the dime-novel divas will plunge to win a book contract. Amid backstabbing and catcalling, bodies start turning up — in Emily's favorite outfits! Now, Emily will need more than a phrasebook to say ciao to someone with a hot and spicy passion for murder.

Lethal Lifestyles by LynDee Walker, A Nichelle Clarke, Headlines in High Heels Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Henery Press

Wedding bells are ringing at the Richmond Telegraph, and maid of honor Nichelle Clarke is determined to give her friends the perfect fairytale beginning to their happily ever after. So when a corpse crashes rehearsal weekend, Nichelle ditches her wedding coordinator shoes for her crime reporter ones, and a little poking around turns up a big problem: the victim and the groom have a history, and it's not a pretty one.

Evidence against groom Grant Parker piles up, leaving Nichelle wishing a hostile bridesmaid was still her biggest worry as she tries to fend off Richmond's favorite TV reporter — and her own scheming publisher. At odds with the cops, her beloved editor, and the ticking clock, Nichelle races to uncover the truth and save the day before this perfect wedding turns into a funeral.

Today, we're pleased to present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the author …

Kill The Lights by David Wahlberg

A Mystery Novel

Publisher: David Wahlberg

Price: 99¢ (as of 09/30/2016 at 3:00 PM ET).

Just another beach party, until it ends with a savage murder that cries out for justice, drawing Ty Malone into a swirl of action where he encounters a pattern of criminal activities surrounding a unique Beverly Hills fashion show. Vistas into the lives of movie celebrities, fashion designers and models open to reveal the dark side of fashion merchandising in Los Angeles. Malone is a virile vengeful force, a detective who applies his own skills of skullduggery and thievery against those of an organized gang of criminals.

The luster of the rich and famous is tarnished by ruthless businessmen allied with shadowy underworld characters. They engage in schemes to plunder the fashion world while exploiting undocumented workers and shattering the dreams of aspiring fashion models.

From the bohemian environs of Venice Beach, arise a group of vigilante rogues who join together when necessary to settle things outside the law, to uphold justice when legal remedies fail or flounder. They react swiftly to counter the treacheries of interlopers who threaten the safety and welfare of nearby communities. This time Ty Malone leads the way.

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during September 2016 is&nbsp…

The Babe Ruth Deception by David O. Stewart, a Jamie Fraser and Speed Cook Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Kensington

Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, is having a record-breaking season in his first year as a New York Yankee. In 1920, he will hit more home runs than any other team in the American League. Larger than life on the ball field and off, Ruth is about to discover what the Chicago White Sox players accused of throwing the 1919 World Series are learning — baseball heroes are not invulnerable to scandal. With suspicion in the air, Ruth's 1918 World Series win for the Boston Red Sox is now being questioned. Under scrutiny by the new baseball commissioner and enmeshed with gambling kingpin Arnold Rothstein, Ruth turns for help to Speed Cook — a former professional ballplayer himself before the game was segregated and now a promoter of Negro baseball — who's familiar with the dirty underside of the sport.

Cook in turn enlists the help of Dr. Jamie Fraser, whose wife Eliza is coproducing a silent film starring the Yankee outfielder. Restraint does not come easily to the reckless Ruth, but the Frasers try to keep him in line while Cook digs around.

As all this plays out, Cook's son Joshua and Fraser's daughter Violet are brought together by a shocking tragedy. But an interracial relationship in 1920 feels as dangerous as a public scandal — even more so because Joshua is heavily involved in bootlegging. Trying to protect Ruth and their own children, Fraser and Cook find themselves playing a dangerous game.

The heart can be an assassin. Detective Billy Able knows that from experience …

Fresh from solving Memphis' most sensational murder case, Homicide Detective Billy Able and his ambitious new partner Frankie Malone are called to a bizarre crime scene on the outskirts of town. A high society attorney has been murdered while dressed in a wedding gown. Billy is shocked to discover he has a very personal connection to the victim. When the attorney's death exposes illegal practices at her family's prestigious law firm, the scandal is enough to rock the southern city's social world.

In a tale of the remnants of Old South aristocracy and entitlement, twisted by greed and vengeance, Billy must confront the secrets of his own past to have any chance at solving the murder of the girl he once knew. But as he seeks the truth, he's drawn closer to an embittered killer bent on revenge — and eliminating the threat Billy poses.

Today, we're pleased to present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Kotu Beach Press …

The Gatsby Game by Anne R. Allen

A Murder Mystery

Publisher: Kotu Beach Press

Price: 99¢ (as of 09/30/2016 at 1:00 PM ET).

When smart-mouthed Bryn Mawr freshman Nicky Conway meets Fitzgerald-quoting Alistair at a Princeton mixer in 1969, she falls for his retro, Jazz-Age charm. But she discovers he's a con man obsessed with his own "Daisy" — British actress Delia Kent.

After Alistair manipulates Nicky into nannying for Delia's daughter on the set of a Hollywood film, Delia finds Alistair dead in her motel room. Local police can't decide if it's accident, suicide — or murder, in which case, Nicky is the prime suspect.

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Her first love is back in town … and so is a murderer. Could they be one and the same man?

Jill Farrell's college reunion is coming up, but she wants no part of it. The man she once loved, Swedish exchange student Max Kallstrom, is rumored to be attending, but that doesn't tempt her because Max disappeared from her life the night before the graduation, and has never been heard from since.

While she is curious about why he never contacted her, she is intent on protecting her still tender heart from being further humiliated. And when her ex-husband, Andrew Denton, knocks on her door and announces he wants to make nice, and, oh, by the way, one of their class alumni might be a murderer, Jill's resolve to avoid the event hardens.

Jill doesn't have the time or emotional resources to deal with either man from her past as she is also facing one of the most daunting challenges of her life, coping with her mother's early onset Alzheimer's disease. She shuts Andrew's efforts to reconnect down, and tries to put Max out of her mind.

And that's that, until a second man knocks on her door, and the emotions of a time long ago overtakes her. Max Kallstrom is back, and he tells Jill she's the reason he has come to California. He asks her to please let him explain why she hasn't heard from him for fifteen long years.

She's willing to listen to what he has to say, but immediately realizes that her memories must guide her through a wrenching and dangerous few days. While her heart remembers a handsome young lover, she and her classmates are all different people now, and the reality of a murdered friend proves she can't trust everyone.

What's not so clear is if she should trust anyone … especially Max Kallstrom, who is many things, including a man with a secret.

— The Second Man by Emelle Gamble

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We are delighted to welcome back author Kelly Oliver to Omnimystery News today.

Last month we featured Kelly's book trailer for her first Jessica James mystery, Wolf, and today we're thrilled to show off her latest trailer for the second in the series, Coyote (Kaos Press; August 2016 trade paperback and ebook formats). Watch it, below.

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Photo provided courtesy ofKelly Oliver

Kelly Oliver is an American philosopher whose work contributes to the fields of feminism, film theory, media studies, political philosophy, and ethics. She is W. Alton Jones Chair of Philosophy and Professor of Women's Studies at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Oliver received her PhD in Philosophy from Northwestern University in 1987, and taught in the Philosophy departments at the University of Texas at Austin and SUNY Stony Brook prior to coming to Vanderbilt in 2005. She is the author of thirteen scholarly books, ten anthologies, and over 100 articles.

Eleven years ago Jessica's dad was killed in a bus accident. The bodies of a teenager and a baby were never found. After her cousin dies in a gruesome accident at the lumber mill, Jessica is pulled into a fight against the corruption and greed ignited by the oil frenzy on the Montana plains. Her roommate, Kimi RedFox is determined to stop powerful Knight Industries from drilling oil on the Blackfoot Indian Reservation.

Kimi and Jessica are linked by the bus accident in ways they don't know.

"Kimi" means "secret" in Blackfoot, and the reticent Kimi keeps hers until it's almost too late. Jessica and Kimi have to quit sparring long enough to expose sex trafficking, prostitution rings, and murder schemes involving some of the biggest Frackers in the country.

When Clara Avery, an entertainer working on the Fate, an Alaskan cruise ship, goes to nearby Bear Island, she comes across a scene of bloody mayhem. She also comes across Thor Erikson, who will soon be a member of the FBI's elite paranormal unit, the Krewe of Hunters.

Thor's been sent from the Alaska field office to investigate several grotesque killings, with the dead posed to resemble the victims of notorious murderers. The prime suspect is a serial killer Thor once put behind bars. The man escaped from a prison in the Midwest, and all the evidence says he was headed to Alaska …

Thor and Clara share an unusual skill: the ability to communicate with the dead. Their growing love — and their contact with the ghosts of the victims — brings them together to solve the case … and prevent a deadly fate of their own!

During the waning summer days of 1987, a deranged Vietnam vet stalks Grand Rapids, Michigan, abducting and murdering nameless victims from the streets, leaving no leads for police. That is, until he picks up sixteen-year-old Molly. From their treehouse fort in the woods, three neightborhood boys spy the killer holding a gun to Molly's back, they go to the police — only to have their story disregarded.

But the boys know evil lives in their midst. A growing sense of honor and urgency forces the boys to take action — to find Molly, to protect themselves, to stand guard for the last long days of summer.

Natchez, Mississippi. Jewel of the South. City of old money and older sins. And childhood home of Houston prosecutor Penn Cage.

In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, this is where Penn has returned for solitude. This is where he hopes to find peace. What he discovers instead is his own family trapped in a mystery buried for thirty years but never forgotten — the town's darkest secret, now set to trap and destroy Penn as well.

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Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Friday, September 30, 2016 at 7:00 AM ET …

See Them Run by Stacy Green

A Lucy Kendall Mystery Thriller

Publisher: Twisted Minds Press

Price: FREE!

The Coalition by Samuel Marquis

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Mount Sopris Publishing

Price: FREE!

Prayer for the Dead by David Wiltse

A John Becker Mystery

Publisher: Graymalkin Media

Price: FREE!

Tracking a Shadow by R. Weir

A Jarvis Mann Detective Novel

Publisher: R. Weir

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Lucky Thirteen by Melanie Jackson

A Chloe Boston Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Melanie Jackson

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Near Miss by Jeff Shear

A Jackson Guild Novel

Publisher: BigWhitePaperPublishing

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Scarlet Crosses by J. Beckham Steele

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Veritas Intus Abscondite

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Killing Time in Bangkok by Rob Jamieson

A South East Asia Thriller

Publisher: Som Nom Naa Publishing

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Vicious Dogs by Henry Brock

A Derek Lasker Investigation

Publisher: Emmerson Street Press

Price: FREE!

They Died So Young by William L. Mansfield

An Alexander Wright Mystery Adventure

Publisher: William L. Mansfield

Price: FREE!

For a summary of all of today's titles, plus any that may have been added since this post was created, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

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